One Continuous Thread: Home Practice Intensive—July

This is a structured way to practice alongside a live sesshin without leaving home. You're not watching a recording—you join the actual zazen periods and teachings happening at Zen Mountain Monastery via webcast. The flexibility means you can sit your full practice periods or adjust them around work, family, or other obligations, but you're anchored to the same schedule as the residential participants.

The "one continuous thread" framing suggests the retreat treats a week of home practice as equivalent to a week away—same intention, different container. You'll likely have access to the same talks and guided sits that the in-person participants do, though you'll be missing dokusan (private teaching meetings) and the structured eating and walking periods (kinhin) that shape a formal sesshin day.

This works best if you have a quiet space to sit at home and can commit to showing up for the live broadcast times. It's not self-paced; you're joining a real retreat cohort, just remotely.